Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs

 

Public Programs grants provide opportunities for the American public to explore human history and culture through humanities programs in museums, historical organizations, libraries, community centers, and other gathering places, as well as on public television, radio, the Internet, and other digital media. The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences. The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film. The Digital Projects for the Public program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats. Public Impact Projects helps small and mid-sized cultural organizations expand their public programs.

General information about this opportunity
Last Known Status
Active
Program Number
45.164
Federal Agency/Office
National Endowment For The Humanities, National Foundation On The Arts and The Humanities
Type(s) of Assistance Offered
B - Project Grants
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2018 406 grant applications and 86 awarded.
Fiscal Year 2022 You may find past recipients by using the NEH's Funded Projects Query Form available online at https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Authorization
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, Public Law 89-209, Part 20 U.S.C, Section § 956, et seq.
Who is eligible to apply/benefit from this assistance?
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants include U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
Beneficiary Eligibility
U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
Credentials/Documentation
Not applicable.
What is the process for applying and being award this assistance?
Pre-Application Procedure
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Application Procedure
2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applicants must submit their applications to NEH through Grants.gov. Additional application information is available online (https://www.neh.gov/divisions/public).
Award Procedure
NEH staff review all applications for eligibility, completeness, and responsiveness. The agency then conducts a peer review process for all applications that pass this initial screening. Peer reviewers are experts in their fields with knowledge and expertise relevant to the activities that the program supports. NEH instructs peer reviewers to evaluate applications according to established review criteria. Peer reviewers must comply with federal ethics rules governing conflicts of interest. NEH program officers supplement the peer reviewers' comments to address matters of fact or significant points that the peer reviewers have overlooked. They then make funding recommendations to the National Council on the Humanities. The National Council meets at least twice each year to review applications and advise the NEH Chair. By law, the Chair has the sole authority to make final funding decisions.
Deadlines
See https://www.neh.gov/divisions/public.
Approval/Disapproval Decision Time
From 120 to 180 days. Approximately six months.
Appeals
Applicants may request written reasons for rejection and reapply with revised proposal to a subsequent competition.
Renewals
If NEH has previously made an award in support of your project, you may submit an application for a new or subsequent stage of the project, which NEH will assess using the same criteria as other applications in the current competition.
How are proposals selected?
A successful application will demonstrate significance or impact, outreach to groups of Americans not often engaged in public humanities projects, collaboration among cultural institutions and organizations as well as other similar or different groups, and use of a broad spectrum of the most effective formats, technologies, and venues for lifelong learning in the humanities. Although every proposal will not be expected to meet all of the criteria outlined above, the Division will give priority to applications that further these objectives. See E1. Review Criteria in the relevant Notice of Funding Opportunity.
How may assistance be used?
Awards support discovery, prototyping, and development costs for Digital Projects for the Public, development and production costs for Media Projects, and planning and implementation costs for Public Humanities Projects. See A1. Purpose in the relevant Notice of Funding Opportunity.
What are the requirements after being awarded this opportunity?
Reporting
Not applicable.
Auditing
Not applicable.
Records
Recipients must retain documentation of expenditures and other fiscal records for three years following the submission of the final financial report.
Other Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Varies by program. See B2 in the relevant Notice of Funding of Funding Opportunity. NEH will pay recipients through electronic funds transfer on an advance basis, unless otherwise specified in the award, Advance payments must be limited to the recipient's immediate cash requirements in carrying out the purpose of the approved program or project.
Who do I contact about this opportunity?
Regional or Local Office
None/Not specified.
Headquarters Office
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20506 US
publicpgms@neh.gov
Phone: (202) 606-8269
Website Address
http://www.neh.gov/divisions/public
Financial Information
Account Identification
59-0200-0-1-503
Obligations
(Project Grants) FY 22$14,134,400.00; FY 23 est $19,625,000.00; FY 24 est $16,240,000.00; FY 21$31,080,050.00; FY 20$15,519,000.00; FY 19$12,789,308.00; FY 18$13,840,100.00; FY 17$14,586,200.00; FY 16$16,938,857.00; - FY 22 obligations include additional funding provided by NEH Treasury matching grants.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Award amounts vary by program and project type; see B2. in the relevant Notice Funding Opportunity. In FY22, awards ranged from $40,000 to $699,154.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
45 CFR 1100 and 1105. NOFOs are available online at http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html or by request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506.
Examples of Funded Projects
Fiscal Year 2022 You may search past recipients by using the NEH's Funded Projects Query Form available online at https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx.

 


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